Recent content by kabuky

I have an extrodinary friend who raised a lone quail to be part of his animal gang. Amazing guy who has dogs that love the company of all other beings - the quail slept with the dogs, cats, etc. and would take its turn with all the other beasts in the household to get treats, etc, from the...

Canaries??? Not interactive but sure sing pretty!

Maybe you can put in a taller water feature or have it up on a platform/stump that new chicks cannot get to. OR just not run the water feature when you have new chicks!

I have found some hens are wonderful brooders; others fail at motherhood (kinda like humans). I have my mountain quail eggs under 2 broody chickens. I stupidly thought I should put one egg in the incubator as it was day 22; it died in the incubator and didn't hatch (it was SO CLOSE). So now I...

Awesome!!! Thank You for the information and help!! My set up isn't quite this nice (I had rats kill two hens so my pair are in small quarters right now). Just got to get off my butt and fix it. (i've been told anytime one has chickens to expect rats and that had been the truth at my place...

I had one of the first Brinsea - a horrid machine which, at the time, was still owned by an English gent. I have a newer one and also find issues with the small screws but mine was having issues with humidity and the plastic tube it uses to feed moisture to the machine. I tried replacing the...

Such a good article!! Thank you!!!

What type of environment do you have your quail in?? It must be an awesome aviary or pen. Any pictures of your set up??

How are your valley chicks doing?? I hope very well. What an awesome hen you have!!

I have had mountain quail in my house (Yes, more than one as they are very social). My male mountain actually used to sing to me - we had quite the conversations! He was SUCH a delight! A friend also had a single hatch quail that lived 5 years as a house pet, complete with "friends" (dogs...

Just thinking: Do you think baby bantams (maybe a week older) would also teach them? I have also read about the hand feeding but never have had to (yet).

I have until a week ago (my dogs set mine free). Wonderful birds! I had one I raised in the house that sang to me "Caruso". SO fun! I am currently looking again for breeders.

OMG - SOOOO creative! AND reused articles. Genius! So appreciated this over cast rainy day (Seattle). Can't say enough....

No nappy. He was a single chick hatched from an egg; none of the other eggs hatched. SO they hand fed him, kept him warm, etc. They have an amazing bunch of animals - dogs that snuggle chicks, etc.

Not that I have read. The thread clearly states that 1-2% of human population have these genes, not the number of genes the population has. It is theorized this is because only a few interbreedings of the two "species" took place. I know they have found one ancient skeleton of a female with...